The hotel closed almost 80 years ago and decades later only narrowly avoided demolition.

The result is that 'a listed Church of England church has a chance of avoiding demolition nearly three times better than a listed secular building'.

However, the building would be restored before closing, leading the Paramount Theater to avoid demolition.

On June 13, 1974, the station was moved away from the railroad tracks to its current site to avoid demolition.

In 2002 the club wanted the school to be named a historical monument so the building would avoid demolition and receive a restoration.

The "granary-church" survived in this way and avoided demolition.

It was moved to this site from Point Judith, Rhode Island, in 1982 to avoid demolition.

However, the station avoided demolition and was renovated in 1988.

In 1970 the old lighthouse was relocated to avoid demolition.

The Ephraim Smith House had to be moved to avoid demolition during the late 1970s.